Scientists: #air #pollution led to more than 5.5 million premature deaths in 2013 | Environment | The Guardian
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“Air pollution is the fourth-highest risk factor for death globally and by far the leading environmental risk factor for disease,” said Michael Brauer, a researcher from the University of British Columbia.
Brauer said air pollution contributed to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema and acute infections.
He and his colleagues compared the problem in Asia to the conditions under centuries of industrial revolution in the US and Europe: massive economic growth smothered by clouds of toxic matter in the air.